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Bradly Shelby@bradthecurator.bsky.social |
The Jurassic Park films popularized the idea that the large talons on the feet of dromaeosaurs (raptors) were used for knife-like slashing, but this probably wasn't the case. The shape of these claws, as well as the softness of keratin, would (1)
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Bradly Shelby
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Have made for relatively poor knives and potentially even broken the claws. It's much more likely that they were used to pin down struggling prey items while ripping with the jaws, or possibly in more of a more piercing/stabbing motion.
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